# Matfrid > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Matfrid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Matfrid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matfrid > Source revision: 1234155841 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Frankish count of Orléans}} '''Matfrid''' (died 836) was the [Frankish](/source/Franks) [count of Orléans](/source/count_of_Orl%C3%A9ans) in the reign of Emperor [Louis the Pious](/source/Louis_the_Pious). He is usually thought to have been the first of the lineage known to historians as the [Matfriede](/source/Matfriede) (German ''Matfridinger'' or ''Matfriede''). Matfrid was Count of Orléans from around 818. He accompanied the Emperor on his expedition to [Brittany](/source/Brittany) in 824, and served at Louis's court. However, in 825, he supported [Lothar](/source/Lothair_I), eldest son of Emperor Louis, in his revolt against the Emperor. Restored to favour, he led a Frankish army on the [Marca Hispanica](/source/Marca_Hispanica), the Spanish frontier, in 827, jointly with his sister's husband [Hugh, Count of Tours](/source/Hugh_of_Tours) and Louis's son [Pippin](/source/Pepin_I_of_Aquitaine), [King of Aquitaine](/source/Duke_of_Aquitaine). Matfrid, Hugh, and Pippin failed to meet the invasion by [Abu Marwan](/source/Abu_Marwan), and the following year at [Aachen](/source/Aachen) an Imperial assembly stripped Matfrid and Hugh of their titles. Thereafter, although Matfrid supported the rebellions of Emperor Louis's sons on every occasion, he was repeatedly restored to his lands, title, and imperial favour. Matfrid, once more serving Lothar, died in [Italy](/source/Italy) in 836 during a [plague](/source/Plague_(disease)). [Jonas of Orléans](/source/Jonas_of_Orl%C3%A9ans) addressed his "[mirror of princes](/source/mirror-of-princes_writing)" work ''De Institutione laicali'' to Matfrid. A second Matfrid, presumed to be the son of the first, was active in [Lotharingia](/source/Lotharingia) during the reigns of Lothar and his son [Lothar II](/source/Lothair_II_of_Lotharingia), a frequent witness to their charters in the period from 843 to 860. A third Matfrid, presumed son of the second, was active in the period 867 to 878. However he may have been the same person as the second Matfried.{{citation|title=Die Anfänge des Hauses Habsburg-Lothringen. Genealogische Untersuchungen zur Geschichte Lothringens und des Reiches im 9., 10. und 11. Jahrhundert |last=Hlawitschka |first= Eduard |year=1969 |url=https://digital.sulb.uni-saarland.de/viewer/image/1655608622/162/| page=159}} Later cognatic members of the Matfriding clan included [Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine](/source/Godfrey_I%2C_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine). ==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.persee.fr/showPage.do?urn=bec_0373-6237_1994_num_152_2_376213 |title=Le comte Matfrid d'Orléans sous le règne de Louis le Pieux |accessdate=2007-08-02 |last=Depreux |first=Philippe |work=Bibliothèque de l'école des Chartes, volume 152, issue 2|language=fr}} * Godman, Peter, and Collins, Roger, editors. ''Charlemagne's Heir: New perspectives on the reign of Louis the Pious.'' Oxford University Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-19-821994-6}} * Jeep, John M., ed. ''Medieval Germany: an encyclopedia'', sv "Matfridings". Routledge, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8240-7644-3}} * {{in lang|fr}} Riché, Pierre. ''Dictionnaire des Francs: Les Carolingiens,'' sv "Matfrid". Bartillat, 1997. {{ISBN|2-84100-125-3}} {{Authority control}} Category:Matfriding dynasty Category:Counts of Orléans Category:Nobility of the Carolingian Empire Category:836 deaths Category:Year of birth unknown --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Matfrid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matfrid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matfrid?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.